St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-24


west part of the county, mile or two
beyond Lake Como, for So per acre. got
as much time as he could on it, and
went into the building association with
the view of digging out i'll the course OF
seven or eight years. 1t was long
trip and a weary journey over
those apparently endless years. The
time at last came when he was
emancipated and owned his farm, upon
which he resided with his family all the
time from the purchase. Now comes
the most interesting part. These l20
acres have appreciated i'll value till now
they are worth $1,000 an acre. The
world now looks good deal more pleas
ant and attractive to Mac than it did
for while, and prosperity seems to be
setting his way i'll Il very comforting
and c0nSoling manner. Most of this
120 acres consists OF meadow land,
which furnishes excellent pasturage
for his trotting stock. His stock is not
large in numbers but choice, and runs
back TO HambletOnian 10, Black
wood Jr., Won Arnim, BaShaw, etc.
This stock he is preparing to increase
in careful and select way. For sew
eral years he has been studying the
breeding problem with great care and
attention, and has fixed his mind upon
the very best strains of trotting blood.
1t will not be long before he will have a
full representation of the best. The
great PancoaSt, that was sold at the
Glenview sale year ago, filled Mack'S
eye for a stallion, and as he could not
get him or breed to him on account of
the distance he is from Minnesota, he
concluded to do the next best thing, and
that was to secure some of the produce
of his soils. He, therefore, went down
into Iowa and purchased a colt and
FLY by Patronage, son of
2:144. In addition to these purchases
he has arranged to send two of his best
mares to Cleveland. o., to be bred to
Patron. Much of the stock he now has
on his farm, is by TheSeuS, the son of
Administrator, by Hambletonian 10.
TheSeuS is grey stallion, about 1872,
stout, well built, with good strong
limbs, and Il very natural disposition
to bend the knee and trot." His pro-
duce now on the farm, from one to three
year-oldS. all show the same marked in
Stinct. When hurried up in the pasture
they all move in the same way and in
EyariabIIy strike the trot: This seems to
be the only gait they know
the produce of Iheseus made
a magnificent showing, especially
III the yearling stakes, which he WOn
1t seems to be MIR. McGrathS idea to Sc
cure the best and then cross the stock.
In order to do this he will send two
mares to be bred to Patron. He has
already two mares at Capt. Marrett'S
farm to be bred to Nutwood Mambrino,
and also two mares at George w. Sher-
woods farm, to be bred to Woodford
Wilkes. son of George Wilkes. Thus it
will be seen that his stock will be based
upon Hamb- e oman 10, into which will
be introduced three new, separate
strains, viz: the Wilkes, the Nut
wood-Mambrino and the Pancoast,
and the produce of these will
be crossed upon the fastest
and best strains that present and future
breeding shall develop. Some of the
best stock he now has on his farm
comes through Commodore KittSon'S
Blackwood, Jr., and Won Arnim. Belle
Won Arnim is magnificent specimen
Of trotting FLY, and has under her the
cleaneSt and best legs that were ever
seen under trotter. On this farm is
very beautiful lake, covering about
twelve acres, to which the stock has
free access. OF course at this season of
the year the stock IS running in the
pasture and looks a little rough, but all
are healthy and vigorous. 1t is very
natural that they should, for the grass
is deep and heavy. The idea that Mack
has Of breeding is good one, and if he
sticks to his theory in a few years he
will have such a collection of trotting
stock as will satisfy the most particular
breeder in the country.